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Jllinfii Ai-Vs UILISHSS PULL ASSOOIATiO PRIM IMPORT UOVIRS THK MORMINfl FIRLD ON THS LOWIR OOLUMSIA VOLUME LXIII, NO. 103. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1807. PRICE FIVE CENTS jaw.-.- -jrrMwti m:x .m i DECISION OF JUDGE WQQDS Overrules Motion of Dc- " t febsc TRIAL STARTS TODAY Court Held That Motion of De fense for Bill of Particulars Came too Ute. PRISONERS FEEL CONFIDENT .Aitxleu Fop Trial To login and Want No Interruption Forty Newspaper Corroopondonta In Blo City Vofy Qulot DOI8E, May I, By overruling today (ho motion of th defense for a bill of particular sotting forth what overt acta If any ther war, to connect tho accused with tho murder of Governor fitounenborv, Judg Fremont Wood, or tho District Court of Ada County cleared tho way for tho trial of Hay wood, a'rotry of th Western Fd oration of U Intra, which will begin tomorrow morning. Tho court hold that tho roiiuoat of Uaywoud'e counsel ame too lot regnrdloaa aa to whothor or not It might havo bean ontrtnlnod at an earlier aUae of tho proceeding. Tho flrat of tho many lka of tha court la to aocuro a Jury and owing to tha groat publicity given tha eata and tha circumstance connected with the murder of Steunonberg It la expected lo taka from a week to three weuka to cura a jury. Ther haa yet boon no Indication aa to tho acopa of tha caao which tha tata will aook to prova against Hay wood. . Discussing tha mattor ona of the vounsel for tho defense aitld: "Tho brooder the scop of tha cwa offered by tho atitto the better w will t satisfied." Nearly forty special correspondent of preaa aa-ioclatlonx and newspaper have coma to Bole to report the oaea and, special wire arrnngomimt have been made for tho transmission of their Ulnptttche. , Tonight all la quiet In Hoi and discussion of cane ecme confined to tha visitors rather than the residents, who soom antlflcd that equal Justice will be done and they are content to lot tho mutter be threshed out In tho court of law, The prisoners express onfldonc In the belief that they will be ftcqtilttod of any complicity In the murder and are anxloua for the trial to proceed promptly and without any Interruption. The defense upruiigr a decided sur prise tonight with tho announcement of the retention of Edgar I Wilson, of Iiolso, aa associate counsel. Wilson waa tho former law partner of Judge Wood who la to preside at the trlula. Tho other attorney! rfprosont'ng Hay. wood are; 13. F. Richardson of Denver; Clarence S, Darrow of Chicago; John : F, Nugent of Boise; Frod Miller of Spokano; John Mufphy of Donver, The general counsel of tho Western Federation of Minora la hero and may act aa an advisory capacity but' w"l take no active part In the trlot owlntr to 111 health. ,, V-' ? W- Representing tho atate la Jamei H. Hawley of Boise; United ftata SrWif' tor W. K. Boroh of "Boise; Public Prosecutor p. M. Van (Duyne of Ada County andOeorgfl Btotto ' speolal at torney for Viiriolfil fc'ounty'ln which tho murder waa'' cVmmltted pn e, change of venue the trial was taken to BdImo upon application of the defense It"bclhg,'''contended that a fatr trial at Caldwell waa Impossible. FOUND Harrison, tha tn onaira Tramp, la Sntnod For Indeterminate Term PORTLAND, May l.-Found guilty by Juiy on t charge of larceny In vowing I414..80. Jam Randolph Schuyler Harrison, tha alleged mil llonalro tramp, waa sentenced by Judge Soar In tha court yeotarday to arve an Indeterminate aenteno In th atate penitentiary, Harrison claimed he committed tha crime while In a fit of epilepsy. H waa employed aa a porter and nrnmaenger by the Skldmor Drug Company and on March 7 waa given Kit. 10 to dopoalt In tha bank. He clalme that dh hla way to the bank ha r vJ ona of hla flu, and tha next thing be knew n waa on train bound for Aetorla. SAILORS EfCAPCD. Chargea of Brutality Made Againat Officer of Steamer Moroklng. 8 AN VieaO, Cat., May l.-It wa roported late laat night that two aall ora who have ecapd from tha Drtt lnh ateamer Moroklng, which arrived hurt yeetardny from Shanghai, make aenaatlonal chargea of brutality againat the captain and officers of the hip. Rumora era In circulation to the effect that 16 Chlneee were killed during th riot on board and their bodlea caat Into the eea. Inter national complication are likely to reault and It la believed that tb moat aerloua part of th affair remain yet to b told. VESSEL ON BOCKS French Transport Wrecked off Coast of Uruguay. ALL PASSENGERS ARE SAVED Two Hundred Peraona War Aboard When Vaeeel Struck Many Jumped Overboard Vaaael and Cargo Will Prova a Total Loaa. MONTEVIDEO, May J. An official dispatch from Rlncon de Herrero eay that up to 10 o'clock thla morning nor ly 200 of the paaaengera of the ttranded French au'nmer Poltou had been rescued and wero boltig aent to thla port, BUENOS AYRE8, May 8. A dl patch from Montevideo, publlahed here today, announcoa that tho French tranaDOrt mftrltlrno ateamer Toltou, from Maraolllca, April 6, for thla port, hua Win u-rnrknd off th COat of Uruguay. Ono hundred of her paa nnnn InJ ITSW lit Bttld to haVO porlfthod, . A dispatch from Montevideo aaya: Tho French ateamer Poltou, front Alglcra, Is aahora off Snn Jose Ignaclo. It la fenred that there haa bwn aeiloua loaa of life "It la understood flXU there were :00 peraona on board the vessel, and that her cargo will prove a total loss. No further partlculare are obtainable at present "The Poltou atruck 80 yards from the shore, at ft apot called Rlncon de Herrero. A panic broke out on board the vessel when ahe grounded, and a great number of people Jumped over board and were drowned. Some of them awnm ashore. Customs official at Rlncon do Herrero eaved BO out oi the S00 paaaengera who are said to have been on board How many other have been saved 1 not known." Sail'' Joso'Jirnactoor , Pledraa Point! la a rD;iy pronwnotofy two-thlrda of rtRle.la ixtouV.anj Surrounded by reos. It la situated it miles west of fhfif Sn'jtat5rtrla, on the southeastern coast or Uruguay and about 150 mile lies fol from Montevideo. . , Btrverai aieameraj nave let the scene of ,thd' wreck,, and ij i J i it i t 1 crntppnt Is .doing evurylhlni Ncverai steamers .nave left nere id. the gov thing possible io succor the shipwrecked, MARSEILLES, May J Aotiordlng1 ii dlflpatches from the agent of the com all guiti IN FRISCO Two Cars Make .Six Mile Run. WILL TRY AGAIN TODAY Cars Were Stoned by Mobs But No Shots Fired Police Af ford Protection. SECOND MAN DIES OF WOUNDS Two Mer of th Injured Not Ex peoted to Live Joint Conciliation Meeting to Present Peace Proposi tion to Owner and Striker. SAN FRANCISCO, May 8 A aecond dtath a a reault of yesterday strtet car atrlka riot occurred this after noon, John Buchanan, a carahop em ployee, aawd SI, dying aa a reault of being shot In the abdomen. Two other, Altwrt C. Palmer, a chauffer, and Nathan Lelaer, a l-yar-old boy. are not expected to live. A Joint conciliation committee com posed of the peac committee from Building Trade Council, the Civic the San Francisco Labor Council, tha League, Improvement Cluba, represen tative of varloua churches and from financial and commercial Interests met this evening In an executive session to endeavor to bring about Industrial peace In tho city. The newspaper rep resentative were excluded and a dis cussion of ways and means took place behind closed doors, At th close of the meeting It waa announced that six sub-committees were appointed to wait upon the oarmen .telephone girls, Iron workers, laundry workers and upon President Calhoun of the United Rail ways, President Scott of the Telephone Company and the officers of the Metal Trades Association and the Laundry Owners' Association and obtain from each an authoritative proposal for a settlement, with their respective em ployers and employee The sub-commit tees wilt report tomorrow. , Two car manned by a score of atrlke-bioakora made a aix-mlle run through th residence section of the city today and returned to the barn within two hours. "Not ft shot was fired but the mobs at various points, stoned tha cars Inflicting Injuries In one or two cases. The police were aotlvo In tho protection of the cars and several heads were broken. Many subterfuges were resorted to, to block the progress of the cars but one by one these were surmounted mid Mr progress made, An attempt will be made to operate cars tomorrow. Tho outlook for a settlement of the telephone strike is more favorable to night. The committee representing -the operators' union' motfrVBhi'iMHyo' i.. ..a-''"-.1 ,;1 ki SchmiU 'roia4tv1) a3 Uittf .$Lt that Pro, hp h willing to "meet 'ha committees ojt the operators' Jiijoiu Tlio servjc ti1ny as more'Yf-lpplQd! tfinn teny day Ills week, secono peace; conference;; i THE MAGUS),.:. May, fi.-ThlK lower hqmso'of parlltttjientyaMrtrcUy voted MO.OOO for the reception 5of. the dole-i gitea' to th; second peac4 conference! Uruy;)Tilfti'na.ji- ni fcart V count or APPEALS. Confirm Deeleion of Dlstriet Court In Peeiflo Mail 8tamsh(p Caa. SAN FRANCISCO, May 8. An opin ion- wa handed down In the United Slate Court of Appeal yterday In the appeal of tha Pacific Mail Steam ship Company from the Judgment of the District Court of Hawaii, the award of ISO Oumagea each to eight teamen of the steamer Baracouda, being con firmed, Tb award of coat amounting to 1200 wo disallowed, Decision were rendered also In the following est as: Golden Cross Mining Milling Co. va. Fro Gold Mining Company, South ern California; judgment affirmed, . Pacific Coast Company and th Pa cific Coast Steamship Company va Yukon Independent 'Transportation Co., Washington; Judgment affirmed. Frances B. Russell vs. Oregon Short Line; Judgment affirmed. y BANKS TENDERS RESIGNATION, Chairman of Columbia University On Ath!tie Step Down. NEW YORK. May 1 Francl S. Bank a ha tendered his resignation aa chairman of the Columbia University Committee on Athletics and also as gradual directors of the Columbia University Rowing Club. President Butler haa tendered the appointment aa chairman of the committee on athletics to Albert W. Puttnam, '97, an old Columbia football man and the latter haa accepted. He will assume his duties July 1. BURNS IN TIGHT 0'Erlen Apparently Made No Ef fort to Fight ALL BETS DECLARED OFF No Res son Given For Action of Man gar MoCarry Contest Waa a Foot Race O'Brien Leading and Bums Following O'Brien Hung On. LOS ANGELES, May 8. Tommy Burns-won the heavyweight champion ship of the world from Jack O'Brien here tonight after 20 rounds of fight Ing that for the most part was a toot race. O'Brien being on the run from start to finish, with Burns trying to overtake him. When Burns did catch up, O'Brien hugged so hard that he had to be pried apart by Referee Ey- ton. The crowd hooted and jeered O'Brien. But few blows of any vigor were landed by either man and neither auf- fered any apparent damage. Burns actually beat O'Brien on his. back with hla fists, In hla endeavor to get a fight out of the Phlladelphian. O'Brien's eyes were blackened and hla lips cut during th occasional spells of Inflght lng. O'Brien apparently made no effort to fight. Before the beginning of the fight all bets were declared oft on the Instruction of Manager McCarry of the Pacific Athletic Club. The action otdas not explained. .. l c-s -isi-i VOLCANO E'S' ACTIVE. iv . a ;f.t;eniO tl Ji,iB 'sisn law 'MESSINA-, MajS-TheCY fitrbmbol Volcano' hoi b'sor. 'intermittently active since April 28. Cinders and st'ohe. ac-j coin panted' by 'loud explosions, have been frequently brown-but of tha crater. ., j " Mount. Etna also' haa shown Consid erable aotlvtty diirlng 'the pa-it la day incandescent 'tinders;' boiling lava and smoke-emanating from' the new crater t'.lf W f ' " " -'wa io YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES. Ofv a'ffcs 4'Coat- Leagu.-i3 in-,:V"J ;'At San Francisco Portland 4, Oakj land "S-, "Jii'i.-.i'M." " nl-'i ffi- ,'.:-i! .-.j ,.(- 'No'rthwV League. i ; At1 Seaftle-Seattfe Hi "Vaneouvep SS. '-At Aberdeen Aberdeen 8,' Spokane 6( At" Tacoma Taooma' 1," Butte" 3i " j ! k's'-rc- v,; ColUg.'''-'! 1 At'& Have-ni-Yaie S, Dartmbutli' fefrvch hmlng's)!' I" '"'' .t-i. ft'. At PullmanW, S. C, 1, Whitman NEW MOVE IN OHIO Boss Cox Advances Flan of Party Harmony. TAFT REFUSES TO TALK Party Karmonyjaft for President and Foraker for Uuited States Senator. FORAKER WILL SUPPORT TAFT Providing Republican Party ef Ohio Appro v ef Cox'e Plsn Republican Stat Central Committa to Meet ij Cotumbu en May 15. CINCINNATI. May . Party har mony with Tafi for president;. J. B. Foraker for United States senator; A. U Harris for Governor, Is the program advanced by George B. Cox, former re publican leader of Hamilton county, in a statement to the Associated Press today; ; . When oFraker'g attention waa called to Cox's statement he said he would not accept honor from the republicans of Ohio except with tha party en dorsement but that If Cox's recom. mendatlons meet with their approval "No one will support Secretary Taft more cordially than I shalL" TOLEDO, May g Wjalter F. Brown, chairman of the Republican State Cen tral Committee said tonight that he would issue a call tomorrow for meeting of the committee at Columbus for May 15. Brown said he believed Taft the logical choice of the republicans of Ohio for the presidency In 1908. WASHINGTON, May 8. Taft, upon being shown the statements of Foraker and Coz, relative to hla candidacy for the presidency and the Ohio'' situation declined to discuss the subject. ; HERRERO TRI8E3. Mov From German Southwest Africa Many Lives Lost CAPE TOWN, May 8.FlndIng it useless to further resist the German troops Herrero tribesmen, according to Information received her today from German Southwest Afrfca, decided some time ago to move northeoavftrd with the object of establishing, a.sQt tlement in the Lake Ngaml regn, ,b only 4000 of the natlyesr.eached their destination. dRf t-jr , , terrible i suflVr'ngsl the'enwlnj UAQOW '-f ja-"of : an'snow ' Iitw I General Palmar Ready To Dead Land to uoioracio springs. COLORADO SPRINGS; Colo., May 8. General William J. Palmer, the fouri- der of Colorada Springs,' last night no tified the olty council of his readiness to-deed to the city; Palmer and 'Monu ment .Valley Parks,'1 the Hlg; Drive, Pasco Boulevard and adjacent ? trails on provision that a park commission Of six ettlaend named by him,' bo elect ed. The land embraces 1S0O acres and Is worth considerably more than $1,- 000,000. 'Monument' Valley park alone extends from the Rio Grand 'depot for a distance of two miles north and haa been ' Improved 1 during1 the Wt four year bt ift Cost' of 1750,000 ' The high drive 'Includes 'tha 'famou tru'in' Inn and' 'Cutter' Mountain trail' 'itf addition to numerous bther "trail's1 of prom'inerit scenlo Interest."1 "i '"-' -"''' " ',''J'1 , MEXICANS FIGHT DUEL.' t In Lev With Sm GirlBoth Said Ts) B Mortally Wounded. PL'EBLO, Mex, May 7-tarce Jan dere, millionaire owner of veral hacienda, and Jose Marabellaraa municipal director of Tlatlanqul, botS aspirant for the hand of th daogbtea at a prominent planter of this district fought a duel with platola In tho streets this morning, both being molt- ally wounded. Both men fell badly; wounded at th first fire. They eon tinned firing until each had receive! wound from which physicians gaj they will not recover. TO STAMP OUT PLAQUE. TOKIO, May 8. It la announced tha Pregldent Roosevelt' proposal to hoUl an intercatlonM conferenc at Xakia to consider plans looking; to the stamp' Ing out of the plague will soon be ao cepted by th department of born affairs, on behalf of tha Japanese gor eminent IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATION. NEW YORK, May S. The commit tee appointed by President Roosevelt Vice-President and Speaker Cannon to Investigate all the phases of the prob lem of immigration ha decided to ex tend Its work to the leading emigration cities of Europe and baa made ar rangements to sail from Boston May It for the Mediterranean on the ateamer Canoplc. STILL AT LARGE Posse Hope to Capture North Coast Eandits. RECOGNITION 0F SERVICES Northern- Pacific Offioiala Mail Draft to Engineer's Wife in Recognition of Hi Faithful Service Fireman 8ul liven Get On Also, BUTTE, May 8. All efforts to cap ture the bandits who, early yetserday shot and killed Engineer Clow and seriously wounded Fireman Sullivan of th east-bound North Coast Limits'-!, has thus far been unsuccessful, but the officers are apparently hopeful of apprehending the men within a fa hours, every avenue is being guarded. Today General Manager Horn tele- graphed Superintendent Finch to ex tend to Mrs. Clow the sympathy of thsj Northern Pacific officials and adviso her that the company had mailed 8 draft for $4000 in recognition of tha faithful service of her husband. - Itiia stated that the company1;-' presented Sullivan a draft lor '11000. iE '.n ' rr I'n.ii ) . j.i r ,i r ' j-:Jvir . "THE MIKADQ.W! -ft 'l-' Theatriinfc Mana'gei -Given Notice Yd "--''--'-IJisoontiiiu Prbduotferi. 'i L0NO5r,iia:-A- STSe ban1 of th Lord Chancellor orl mo Mikado", Gfl b'oft' a'nil -Siilllvan's tomlo opera-" which has be-js -the 'cailse ! of ' such adv'efs eommentk has not been' raided had Mr. "Oftej Carter'has' decided Wtake Off the' opera. The' Lord Chancellor 'ha beerf requested by an amateur drama tic society to 'state h portions or tha opera' to. which- he- has; made' objeotion as belnjf offensive to the 'Japanese rut er, but this1 de; declined to do, ' Mrs. Carter was served yesterday with' for mal notice to cease production' of tho afis'tw-vff ";-5o .WMmm , i JAMACIAN SUFFERERS. ; t-: '? '..Viil :.,'V('.iI t... ..y.ll.y .Wsi 'tf-V'.'' KINGSTON, May 8.-rTho Prelimi nary showera of the rainy seaion havo changed the race' course where per sona driven out of the homes' br the re cent earthquaku are camped, : into a morasa and ' a- consequenc. there I much. distress among iha people; Tho wooden . buildings Intended : for ' their use hava not been completed and many of the. tents which had been In use a temporary shelters have been wrecked-